> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Nick FitzGerald > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:58 AM > To: funsec > Subject: Re: [funsec] urlier > > Tomas L. Byrnes wrote: > > > [Tomas L. Byrnes] And Monkey-like, the response of the government is > not > > to fix their lack of security, but to throw poo at those who are not > > them. > > More, the response of the ignorant -- such a response is MUCH more > common AND widespread than from within the halls of government. > > Just look at the "official" responses from Toyota of late to see how > misplaced your corny "governemnt is the problem" paranoia really is ... >
[Tomas L. Byrnes] The problem with government is that the ignorant get the power to do much more than throw poo, and further, that it appears to attract, and more importantly retain and promote, a disproportionate percentage of ignorant people. At least in the private sector the limits on the poo throwing as a response tend to be pretty swift, as customers leave in droves. The government's response is often to actually shoot (or at least incarcerate, which if you avoid you get shot) the messenger. Since we're on the car company analogy: Compare Toyota's response to those of British Leyland or Renault to the quality issues with their cars when they were government owned. For that matter, compare Toyota's response to Ford's with the ECU issues, Pinto, or Explorer tires. Or, if you want to look at our industry, how Seagate is handling the widespread failures of Barracuda 7200.11 drives right now (deny, cover up, say RAID x is unsupported). Toyota made some mistakes, but they've owned up to them in a pretty short time, and are making good on them. It took over a decade for Ford to fix the ECU issue, hundreds of deaths for the Firestone tire recalls, and the catalog of abominations on 4 wheels produced by British Leyland without nary a fix would take many screens Your corny and antiquated trust in your "betters", and the belief that government and politics attract only the best and brightest, as opposed to a lot of the lazy and corrupt, is what is completely misplaced. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
